Improvement in folding carriage-doors



A. BINK.

Folding Carriage D001.

No.- 202,091. Pat ented April 9, 1878.

F 9 as S Q i As a Witnesses Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY BINK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT I N FOLDING CARRIAGE-DOORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,091, dated April 9,1878; application filed September 3, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONYBINK, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, and State of California, have invented a FoldingGarriage-Door; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in carriages in which thetop or hood is made to be thrown back or forward, so as to leave an opencarriage; and it consists more particularly in a novel construction ofthe door with its pillar, top bar, the rear standing pillar and link, sothat, while they may be folded down out of the way in the open carriage,it will be possible to form a complete door-frame when the hood is up.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the door-frame in positionwhen the hood is up, and Fig. 2 shows it folded down.

A is the sill, and B the top rail, of acarriage. C is the front standingpillar, forming one side 1 of the door-casing of the carriage; and D isthe rear standing pillar. E is the front, and F the rear, pillar of thedoor proper, and G is the top rail of the door. These pillars E and Faregroovcd on their inside faces, so as to guide the sash and allow thewindow to slide up and down, and they form a complete doorframe andprotection to the window when they are locked in position and the hoodof the carriage 1s up.

When it is desired to let the hood down and form an open carriage, it isalso necessary to let down the window and fold the frame down compactly.

My door is complete, the top rail Gr being hinged to the rear pillar F,and fitted to the upper end of the front pillar by a dovetail joint anda suitable locking device, H, so as to be perfectly rigid.

The top rail B of the carriage is divided centrally above the door, andthe rear portion is hinged to the rear standing pillar D, so as to foldback with it in the usual manner. The rear standing pillar also has itslower end hinged to the carriage-body at I, so as to fold the upper partof the door when it is opened in its complete state, and also to unitethe two posts D and F, so that they will not separate when folded down.

The post F is united with the lower part of the door by a dowel orcatch, which holds it perfectly rigid, but which may beeasily detachedby a thumb piece or screw, so as to allow this pillar to fall backwardwith the pillar D, and thus be entirely separated from the door.

The operation will then be as follows: The glass being first let down,the rail B being separated in the middle, the front pillar E is detachedfrom the top rail G of the door-frame, and will then fold inward, so asto extend entirely across the door-panel above the glass, which it thuscovers and forms a finish for. The rear pillar F is then detached fromits connection with the lower part of the door, and, as it is unitedwith the standing pillar D by the link-hinge, it will fold backward withthis latter pillar, and the top rail G will fold down upon the pillar F,the whole lying perfectly flat and out of the way.

The pillars D and F maybe united by a hook or other device, m, afterthey are folded down, and thus held securely in place. By thisconstruction I am enabled to make a complete door-frame, and at the sametime one which can be folded completely out of the way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is-

1. The rear pillar F of the door, provided with the supplemental hingesL, connecting it with the standing pillar D, and united with the lowerpart of the door by a detachable catch, so that the pillar F and railGr, may be folded back, substantially as herein described.

2. The front pillar E, so constructed as to fold inward across thedoor-panel, covering the sash and forming a finish therefor, incornbination with the backwardly-foldin g rear pillars and top rail G,said parts capable of be ing united to form a door-frame, substantiallyas herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. I

ANTHONY BIN K. Witnesses:

GEO. H. STRONG, FRANK A. BRooKs.

